If you weren't ready, you wouldn't have the opportunity. If you weren’t capable, you wouldn’t have the desire. - unknown specific origin Confession time… I started working on this topic out of absolute frustration. I’d been observing a pattern of…
Someone pitched a fantastic idea in the weekly leadership meeting. The usual next step is a check to see if we can afford it financially; but few ask if the organisation itself can really afford it. The question is, is…
Everything we choose to do is a passion project. They are all self-directed, personal endeavours, born out of a need you have. And every passion project costs time, effort, and energy. Most of us have more ideas and dreams than…
Everything worthwhile has a burden. Every promotion comes with greater responsibility. Every business comes with administration. Every house comes with (non-stop) maintenance. Every category of relationship comes with compromise. Every single dream asks something from us. We usually spend a…
TL;DR Monthly Recap "Remember too that your time is your one finite resource, and when you say “yes” to one thing you are inevitably saying “no” to another." — Andrew S. Grove This month’s topic came out of pure selfishness…
In five years a company has seen... A new software rollout. Two lead generation overhauls. A process redesign initiative. Two transformation projects. An organisational redesign. Four steering committees. Five status meetings per week. And, two new projects are having their…
Everyone has financial goals. A new home. A dream vacation. A comfortable retirement. Starting a business. Dreams are infinite, your money is not. Often we ask our money to do too much. We try to divide very limited resources across…
Are we confusing being busy with being effective? Let me start with calling out my epic hypocrisy here. Between building a business, working with multiple clients, writing, a laundry list of creative hobbies, occasionally moonlighting as a supportive and sociable…
“Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom” - Aristotle I kicked this blog series off by starting with the beginning - you. I started here because we cannot escape who we are. Consciously or subconsciously, ‘you’ will creep into…
For the self-aware, burnt-out, purpose-led professional, entrepreneur, or leader trying to navigate growth, responsibility, uncertainty, or burnout, this blog is written just for you. This blog was created to explore what it takes to build a meaningful life, a healthy…